Propagate changed maps now

To propagate changed maps now

Using the Windows interface

Open the Identity Management for UNIX management
console by clicking Start, pointing to Administrative
Tools, and then clicking MicrosoftIdentity
Management for UNIX.

You can also open the Identity Management for UNIX
management console from within Server Manager, by expanding
Roles and then Active Directory Domain Services in
the hierarchy pane, and then selecting Microsoft Identity
Management for UNIX.

If necessary, connect to the computer you want to
manage.

Expand the Identity Management for UNIX node and
select Server for NIS.

Propagate changed maps by doing one of the
following.

Right-click Server for NIS and then
click Check for Updates Now.

In the Actions pane, click Check
for Updates Now.

On the Action menu, click Check for
Updates Now.

Using a command line

To propagate changed maps by using a
command line

At a command prompt, type:

nisadmin [server] syncall
[–uuser [–ppassword]]

The following table describes the arguments of the
nisadmin command that are used to propagate changed maps. To
view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt,
type nisadmin /?.

Argument

Description

syncall

Propagate all maps.

server

The name of the server where the maps are stored.

user

The name of the user who has administrator permissions on the
server, if different from the current user.

password

The password of the user who has administrator permissions on
the server, if different from the current user. If you type a user
name but omit the password, you will be prompted for the
password.